Leigh Creek coal-2.8 km, 161 wagons and 2 locomotives.
It is on the railway line and road between Port Augusta and Leigh Creek.
The railway station was completed in 1881 as part of the line to Leigh Creek through Beltana.
The town supporting the mine is at Leigh Creek.
Now used to haul coal from Leigh Creek to the power stations at Port Augusta.
At the 2006 census, Leigh Creek had a population of 549.
Since the early 1990s, more changes occurred in Leigh Creek.
Schooling at Leigh Creek has become a bigger problem than ever before.
The lands around Leigh Creek showed serious sign of desertification.
The nursing home continued until hospital facilities became available in the mid-1950s at Leigh Creek.